1.A transistor is constructed by creating a sandwich of differently doped semiconductor layers. The two most common types of transistors, the bipolar-junction transistor (BJT) and the field-effect transistor (FET) are schematically illustrated in Figure 2.1.This figure shows both the silicon structures of these elements and their graphical symbolic representation as would be seen in a circuit diagram. The BJT shown is an NPN transistor, because it is composed of a sandwich of N-P-N doped silicon. When a small current is injected into the base terminal, a larger current is enabled to flow from the collector to the emitter. The FET shown is an N-channel FET, which is composed of two N-type regions separated by a P-type substrate. When a voltage is applied to the insulated gate terminal, a current is enabled to flow from the drain to the source. It is called N-channel, because the gate voltage induces an N-channel within the substrate, enabling current to flow between the N-regions.
2. The type of simulation that is appropriate for a circuit depends on the type of circuit and how you plan to physically implement it. For example, analog, digital and mixed analog/digital circuits to be built as a PCB are, in general, best simulated with SPICE simulation. Digital circuits to be implemented in Programmable Logic Devices are usually simulated at the behavioral language level, most commonly with VHDL or Verilog HDL. For details, see HDLs or the documentation accompanying your VHDL or Verilog product form Electronics Workbench.For very complex digital devices, SPICE models are usually not practical. In these Cases, VHDL or Verilog is the preferred solution for simulating these devices. They can then be included as part of the system-level design by creating a symbol for schematic representation and using the HDL code for simulation models. For details, see HDLs or the documentation accompanying your VHDL or Verilog product from Electronics Workbench.
3. Even the most optimistic semiconductor researchers say that silicon-based computer chips may only have 15 years or so left in them. After that, it will be impossible to fit any more circuits onto these increasingly minute wafers to power inexorably smaller and smarter computers. Consequently, researchers are determined to figure out how to make complex microprocessors out of other materials. IBM made a significant breakthrough in August when physicists at its Thomas J.Watson Research Center, built the world’s first logic circuit out of a single long carbon molecule called a nanotube. Though the first laptop with nanotubes inside is still a long way off, the IBM invention “was a critical step, ”says Phaedon Avouris, a member of the group that created the circuit.
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